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Schengen visa appointment availability in the UK

Live status for the 22 Schengen routes on our free channel in the UK — right now 6 have open dates. When a date opens, @UKVFSBot posts it on Telegram.

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APPOINTMENT BOARD · UK

6 ROUTES WITH OPEN DATES NOW

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Live data

Which Schengen countries have appointments in the UK right now

The routes on our free channel, checked around the clock: Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Each country links to its how-to-apply guide; each city to its route page.

Our statistics

How often new dates appear on the routes we check in the UK

Every time new dates appear on a route we check, our monitors record it. These were the busiest routes over the last 90 days; each route page has its own pattern.

RouteReleasesTypical gap
London → Switzerland540 · 86 daysabout 2 hours
London → Italy213 · 62 daysabout 4 hours
Manchester → Portugal194 · 60 daysabout 5 hours
London → Portugal161 · 56 daysabout 4 hours
London → Bulgaria111 · 31 daysabout 5 hours
London → Hungary107 · 48 daysabout 6 hours
Edinburgh → Italy99 · 46 daysabout 8 hours
London → Ireland96 · 25 daysabout 5 hours
London → Norway95 · 49 daysabout 11 hours
London → Netherlands84 · 28 daysabout 5 hours
London → Croatia69 · 40 daysabout 12 hours
Birmingham → Netherlands67 · 34 daysabout 10 hours

A release is a moment our monitors saw new dates appear after a spell with none. A release that reaches several appointment categories counts once, and a category counts at most once every three hours; how long the dates stayed open is not measured. Past releases describe the pattern so far, not a promise of the next one.

Our statistics

What applicants in the UK reported

Applicants in the United Kingdom have reported 1456 visa outcomes to Visa Catcher's statistics. Across all of them, the median time from appointment to passport back was 14 days, and 98% of those with a known outcome were approved. The most-reported destinations:

Netherlands
315 reports, median 20 days · guide
Spain
262 reports, median 17 days · guide
France
223 reports, median 13 days · guide
Italy
125 reports, median 13 days · guide
Portugal
118 reports, median 7 days · guide
Germany
56 reports, median 13 days · guide
Greece
49 reports, median 10 days · guide
Switzerland
40 reports, median 8 days · guide
Denmark
39 reports, median 25 days · guide
Hungary
35 reports, median 14 days

All reports from the United Kingdom · how the statistics work

Personal alerts

Routes outside the free channel

These routes are checked for subscribers, so they have no public status here. Personal alerts follow the route you choose; auto-booking books it for you where it is offered.

Guides

How to apply for a Schengen visa from the UK

A guide for each of the 15 Schengen countries that receive the most applications in the UK, including the ones we do not track: who takes the applications, the documents, the fees and how to get a date.

In 2025, the consulates of the Schengen countries in the UK received 512,426 short-stay visa applications and refused 10.5% of those they decided, according to the European Commission:

Schengen visa applications lodged in the UK in 2025, by country
#CountryApplicationsRefused
1Spain138,1956.0%
2France129,9408.5%
3Greece36,08924.5%
4Germany32,7253.2%
5Netherlands25,7111.0%
6Portugal21,0157.3%
7Italy18,9566.0%
8Denmark18,90031.5%
9Switzerland16,12310.6%
10Iceland15,80432.0%
11Belgium12,13514.7%
12Norway10,59918.8%
13Malta5,21611.3%
14Finland4,30921.3%
15Austria3,9308.1%
16Lithuania3,73530.2%
17Poland3,70313.5%
18Hungary3,20110.0%
19Czechia2,6344.0%
20Bulgaria1,96928.7%
21Romania1,7429.4%
22Latvia1,41927.4%
23Luxembourg1,3646.2%
24Estonia1,26923.5%
25Croatia1,2368.3%
26Slovenia2808.9%
27Slovakia2210.5%
28Sweden60.0%
All Schengen countries512,42610.5%

A–Z

Every destination we track in the UK

The 27 destinations with a route page out of the UK, and the cities each is booked from. Countries with a guide link to it.

FAQ

Questions about appointments in the UK

Who handles Schengen visa appointments in the UK?
It depends on the country. Most take applications through VFS Global; France, Germany and Belgium through TLScontact; Spain through BLS International; and Greece through Global Visa Center World. The board on this page shows the VFS Global routes we check continuously; each country guide names its provider.
Is @UKVFSBot free?
Yes. There is no registration, payment or account. Join the channel in Telegram and it posts new appointment dates for the routes on its free tier. Paid plans are for routes outside the free tier, personal alerts, or auto-booking.
What does “No recent data” mean on the board?
The last check for that route is more than six hours old, or the check failed. It is not the same as “No dates”: we only say a route has no dates when a recent check found none.
How often do new dates appear?
Each route we check has its own pattern, which this page and the route pages show from our monitoring: how many times new dates appeared in the last 90 days and the typical gap between them. On most routes there is no reliable day or hour; new dates can appear at any time.
I live in the UK. Can I apply for a Schengen visa here?
Yes, if the UK is where you legally live: the EU Visa Code has you apply where you reside, so UK residents apply in the UK and show their UK immigration status, usually an eVisa with a share code. British citizens do not need a Schengen visa for short stays.
Do you book the appointment for me?
The free channel only tells you a date has opened; you book it yourself with the visa centre or embassy. Auto-booking is a paid service on some routes, in which we book on the applicant’s behalf, and it needs the applicant’s passport details.

Visa Catcher is an independent appointment-tracking service, not affiliated with any visa centre, embassy, consulate or government. Appointments are booked on the official booking systems.

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